Pail or package lining.



'UNiTnD STATES ATENT Unsinn.

JOQljPI-I A. MCBRIDE, OF ESTI'IERVILLE, IOWA.

PAIL OR PACKAGE LINING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,320, dated November 25, 1902. Application iled March 15, 1902. Serial No. 98,429. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. MCBRIDE, a

d citizen of the United States, residing at Es- Y body of the lining is made.

therville, in thecounty of Emmet and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pail or Package Linin gs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inven tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tolmake and use the same.

This invention has relation to an improved lining for tubs, firkins, jars, and shippingpackages in which butter other similar goods or merchandise 'is put up for storage or shipment, and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and durable lining which will prevent the butter or other material from adhering to the vessel or becoming tainted by contact therewith and which will also enable the material to be readily and conveniently inserted and removed.

The invention consists of certain features of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a jar or crock with my improved lining. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lining, parts being broken away to more clearly show the construction. Fig. 3 is a View of the blank from which the View of the bottom section of Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numerall represents a crock, jar, pail, or other sinr'layl vesssl nach as is usually employed'for the package of butter or other similar material which is to be temporarily stored or shipped for sale, and 2 is the lining.

the lining, which prevents the material from coming in contact with the surface of the vessel.

The lining 2 comprises a body portion 3 and a bottom portion or section 4, formed of some suitable material which is non-odorous and tasteless, paper, either plain or oiled,A being preferably employed. The body portion 3 is formed from the blank` shown in Fig. 3, which is folded in the formA of a cylinder or tube to fit Within the vessel'and corresponds to the depth and general interior shape of the Fig. 4;' is a plan will overlap the other and prevent any possi` bility of the contents of the cylinder working out and coming in direct contact with the vessel. The upper end or edge ot' the body is notched to provide a series of folding flaps 7, which are adapted to be turned downward Atoward the center of the body to form a top cover or closure.

The bottom 4 consists of a flat portion or disk of a little larger diameter or cross-sectional area than the body and on which the lower end or bottom of the body is designed to rest. This disk is provided at suitable points around its edge with tongues 8, having lateral projections 9. When the disk is applied to close the lower end of the body, these tongues are bent up against the outer side of the body and passed to the interior slits 9, formedtherein. The slits are made of sufficient length to admit the enlarged free ends of the tongues carrying the projections 9, and by givingthe body or disk a slight partial rotation the projections 9 may be made to project beyond the adjacent ends of the slits, thus locking the disk to the body and closing the lower end of the latter, so as to prevent downward displacement of the material in inserting said material within the vessel or withdrawing it therefrom.

In applying the improved lining to the vessel the body 3 is iirst formed from the blank and the bottom section 4 secured thereto, after which the lining is inserted in the vessel and filled, whenthe liaps 7 are folded down to close the top of the lining. Of course the lining may be lled with the material either before or after it is applied to the vessel, as may be found most convenient. The lining will then entirely cover the inner sides of the vessel and prevent the material from adhering thereto' or coming in contact therewith, thereby obvating liability of tainting of the material when a wooden through u IOOl ` vessel is used. The paper or material of which the lining is made will be stiff enough to allow the lining, with its contents, to be removed without tearing or liability of displacement of the parts of the lining.` In removing the lining the flaps 7 are unfolded and used as finger-pieces, by means of which the lining may be conveniently withdrawn.

` l and parallel with its lower ed and .prcffided at its upper edge with folding flaps to form a cover, a separable bottom section `having tongues insertible in the aforementioned slits,

f .i the tongues having lateral projections,where `by upon partial rotation of the bottom section the same is positively locked to the body portion, substantially as set forth.

2. A pail orpackage lining comprising body and bottom sections, the former consisting of a blank adapted to be cylindrically folded and provided with tongues upon one of its side edges to pass through slits disposed s o as to be parallel with the opposite side edge of said tongues securing the two edges of the blank together upon being bent at right angles after entering the slits, flaps located upon the upper edge to form a cover, the bottom section having tongues insertible in slits dis posed adjacent andV parallel with relation to the lower edge ofthe body-section, the tongues having late ral proj ections,whereby upon partial rotation of the bottom the same is locked to the body-section, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH A. MCBRIDE. [L s.] Witnesses:

I. R. FULLINWIDER, GEO. H. LYMAN. 

